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1 <sect2 id="calc-precess">
2 <title>Precession module</title>
3 <indexterm><primary>Tools</primary>
4 <secondary>Astrocalculator</secondary>
5 <tertiary>Precession module</tertiary>
6 </indexterm>
8 <screenshot>
9 <screeninfo>
10 The Precession calculator module
11 </screeninfo>
12 <mediaobject>
13   <imageobject>
14     <imagedata fileref="calc-precess.png" format="PNG"/>
15   </imageobject>
16   <textobject>
17     <phrase>Precession</phrase>
18   </textobject>
19 </mediaobject>
20 </screenshot>
22 <para>
23 This module is similar to the <link linkend="calc-apcoords">Apparent 
24 Coordinates module</link>, but it only applies the effect of 
25 <link linkend="ai-precession">precession</link>, not of nutation or 
26 aberration.  
27 </para>
28 <para>
29 To use the module, first enter the input coordinates and their epoch
30 in the <guilabel>Original Coordinates</guilabel> section.  You must 
31 also fill in the target epoch in the <guilabel>Precessed 
32 Coordinates</guilabel> section.  Then, press the 
33 <guibutton>Compute</guibutton> button, and the object's 
34 coordinates, precessed to the target Epoch, are presented in the 
35 <guilabel>Precessed Coordinates</guilabel> section.
36 </para>
37 </sect2>